Beyond The Great Snow Mountains

About this Book

The Go-log shouted with amazement, for accurate shooting with their old rifles was
impossible at that range. Two of the riders charged off to recover the game, and she
looked into the eyes of the tall rider.

"I have another such rifle, and if we are friends, it is yours."

"I could kill you and take them both."

She returned his look. "They," she said, indicating the others,
"might take it from me. You would not, for you are a man of honor, and I would kill
you even as they killed me."

She had no doubt of her position, and her chance of ever leaving this place was remote.
Whatever was done, she must do herself.

He gestured toward the wreck. "Get what you wish, and come with us."

Her shooting had impressed them, and now her riding did also, for these were men who lived
by riding and shooting. Lok-sha, a jyabo or king of the Go-log people, did not kill
her. Escape being impossible, she married him in a Buddhist ceremony, and then to satisfy
some Puritan strain within her, she persuaded Tsan-Po, the lama, to read over them in
Kansu dialect the Christian ceremony.

Fortunately, the plane had not burned, and from it she brought ammunition for the rifles,
field glasses, clothing, medicines, and her father's instrument case. Best of all, she
brought the books that had belonged to her father and uncle.

Having often assisted her father, she understood the emergency treatment of wounds and
rough surgery. This knowledge became a valuable asset and solidified her position in the
community.

As soon as Anna's son was born, she realized the time would come when, if they were not
rescued, he would become jyabo, so she began a careful record of migration dates,
grass conditions, and rainfall. If it was in her power, she was going to give him the
knowledge to be the best leader possible.

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